Illuminated sign.



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- ILLUMINATED SIGN.

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ILLUMINATED SIGN.

Specification of Lettei's Patent. Application filed February '10, 1905 3. SeriatNo. 4"771211.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. MoNEAn,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have 'made a certain new and useful Invention in Signs; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will, enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective View ofa sign letter embodying my invention. Fig. 21s a similar view showing a modified form of 'the invention. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing a furthermodification of theinve'ntion. Fig, 4 is a section on the. line 4r-4: Fig. 27 Fig Iris a sectionon theline 5-5, Fig;2.. I The invention has relation to illuminated signs, and it consists in the novel construct'lOIl and comblnatlons of parts as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrat- 'ing the invention, the letter a, designates a I sign'le'tter of channel form, composed of marginal side or walls'b, raised or standing out from the fade of the sign board and forming an outline of the letter. The lower and left hand marginal walls representing the shade.

thickness or .rlepth of the letters are designed to show in color, usually a brilliant .color, while the opposite upper-and right hand.

walls are to show in white or some contrast ing color to that of thelower and left hand walls; \Vith this object inview, the lower and left hand Walls indicated at '0, c, are

formed of colored transparent or translucent material, such as glass, mica, celluloid or other suitable substance, while the opposite upper and right hand walls indicated atl (Z, d, are formed of transparent or-translucent material of a contrasting color to that of the lower and left hand walls. -Tithin the sign letter so outlined are electric light bulbs c, '6, whereby upon illuminationof the bulbs, the letter willhave the appearance of being raised OI" lIl relief of the background or sign-board face.

The above arrangement may be varied in a number of ways, for instance, by making the lower and right hand marginal Walls of transparent or translucent colored material and the other or opposite wallsof a contrasting color.

Having thus described iny invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An open face channel-form sign letter having upper and lower walls of light-trans-" mitting character of contrasting colors and right and left hand side walls of light-transmitting character of contrasting colors, and

a'plurality of electric light bulbs distributed and located within the channelof the letter.

- In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. MoNEAL. Witnesses:

1*. M. B. WINDLE. ANDREW S. MITCHELL, 

